Demi Lovato’s phone hacked, nude photos being shopped around

Nude photos of Demi Lovato are being shopped around online by a phone hacker. In this image, Lovato arrives at the Teen Choice Awards at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

A phone hacker is shopping around nude photos of Demi Lovato.

The hacker offered to sell the self-shot photos to Radar Online. The website said the hacker emailed more than 20 images of the 20-year-old “X-Factor” judge to their website last week.

“They show a dark-haired woman who looks identical to Lovato in a raft of compromising positions, including nude in a bath tub and lying topless in bed, among other poses,” reported Radar.

Although the website has not verified the authenticity of the photographs, they report that the images have a striking resemblance to the singer including the same 12 black birds tattoo on her right forearm.

“These are Demi. The collection I have show some nude, including face, some including parts of the body Demi is known for — tattoos, butt, chin. Then, I have pictures of her getting rowdy… I can guarantee you these photos are legitimately of Demi,” the hacker told Radar.

The website declined to publish the photographs, but considering that the hacker is trying to sell them elsewhere, if the photos were leaked it could become a public-relations nightmare for the “Heart Attack” singer gearing up for the third season of “X-Factor,” airing in September, and who is also appearing in the new season of “Glee.”

Lovato is not the first celebrity to be hacked. Last year, Christopher Chaney was sentenced to 10 years in prison for hacking into the personal accounts of 50 people in the entertainment industry, including the personal email account of actress Scarlett Johansson. Chaney leaked nude photos the actress took of herself that were meant for her partner at the time, Ryan Reynolds. Chaney also illegally accessed the account of Christina Aguilera and Mila Kunis.